G20 Finance Ministers Convene in Moscow

G20 Finance Ministers Convene in Moscow

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YURI KADOBNOV

An unidentified official attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies attend their meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

An unidentified official attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies attend their meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

South African Deputy Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Musa Nene (bottom L) speaks with South African Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, Daniel Mminele (bottom R), as they together with French Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade Minister, Pierre Moscovici (top L) and Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer (top R) prepare to pose for family picture after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

South African Deputy Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Musa Nene (bottom L) speaks with South African Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, Daniel Mminele (bottom R), as they together with French Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade Minister, Pierre Moscovici (top L) and Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer (top R) prepare to pose for family picture after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Ali Babacan (L) speaks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Ali Babacan (L) speaks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (R) after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Ali Babacan (top), speaks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde before a family photo session at G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs, Ali Babacan (top), speaks with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde before a family photo session at G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO / YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Participants of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting pose for family picture in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Participants of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting pose for family picture in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

RUSSIA-G20-POLITICS-ECONOMY-FINANCE-MINISTERS

YURI KADOBNOV

Ali Babacan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Turkey walks after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Ali Babacan Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Turkey walks after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Ali Babacan (R) Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Turkey speaks with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf (R) after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Ali Babacan (R) Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs of Turkey speaks with Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf (R) after G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf (R) and Bank Governor Fahad Al-Mubarak (L) touch their faces as they pose for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf (R) and Bank Governor Fahad Al-Mubarak (L) touch their faces as they pose for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) speaks with Governor of Bank of Korea Kim Choongsoo (R) as they pose for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) speaks with Governor of Bank of Korea Kim Choongsoo (R) as they pose for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan smiles as he poses for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan smiles as he poses for family picture after a meeting of G20 states finance ministers in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with G20 states finance ministers in the Kremlin in Moscow on February 15, 2013. The unpredicted meteor strike in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk that left yesterday hundreds of people injured, left some Russian officials calling for the creation of a global system of space object defence. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI POOL / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with G20 states finance ministers in the Kremlin in Moscow on February 15, 2013. The unpredicted meteor strike in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk that left yesterday hundreds of people injured, left some Russian officials calling for the creation of a global system of space object defence. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI POOL / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY

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YURI KADOBNOV

Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

RUSSIA-G20--POLITICS-ECONOMY-FINANCE-MINISTERS

YURI KADOBNOV

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke attends a meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

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YURI KADOBNOV

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with Jaime Caruana (R), general manager of the BIS (Bank for International Settlements) as they attenda meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies attend their meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) shakes hands with Jaime Caruana (R), general manager of the BIS (Bank for International Settlements) as they attenda meeting of G20 states finance ministers and central bank governors' deputies attend their meeting in Moscow, on February 16, 2013. The ministers and central bank governors' deputies gathered today in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in 'currency wars' to boost national growth. AFP HOTO/YURI KADOBNOV